Pre-Raphaelite artwork on loan to Wightwick Manor
Wightwick Manor has been trusted to take care of a pre-Raphaelite painting of a Roman goddess.
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The painting, owned by the De Morgan Foundation, which has recently lost its home in London, shows Flora the Roman goddess of flowers set against a Florentine landscape enhanced with fruit, flowers and birds.
It was created by renowned artist Evelyn de Morgan, an English painter who died in 1919 and inspired by Botticelli's Primavera.
Flora is reflected in a grand Venetian mirror and, curiously, her expression changes when viewed through the ancient glass.
The De Morgan Foundation was set up in 1967 to celebrate the work of the husband and wife team of Evelyn and William De Morgan.
